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A very high quality 22 degree Moon halo was visible late last night when cirrostratus cloud arrived before a warm front. The halo was extremely bright and even had a 9 degree halo on the inside around the Moon which is something I have only seen once before, during the day. Anybody else see it? Some good Geminid meteor activity around too, I was hoping I would capture one within the halo but I wasn't that lucky.

Yes Martin, I saw the 9 degree halo as well though I have not checked all the images I took to see if I captured it. Here's one I got at about 0315UT, by 0430 thicker cloud had arrived. You can see Gemini to the right of the moon, Procyon below.

Guys, I looked out at about 0400 and saw exactly the same as your photos, though I wasn't aware of the 9 deg halo. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've never seen a 9 deg halo, only the more familiar 23 deg variety.

I took circa 100 images earlier in the night but didn't catch a single Geminid!